Why King Tutankhamun's Mummy Is So Unusual | Full Documentary

Episode 3: https://youtu.be/X0Eu4Y1qFfM Ancient Egypt is famous for its cult of the dead. Tomb complexes, mummies and fabulous treasures fire people's imagination to this day. Back then, it played a central role for the Egyptians. Episode 4 of ANCIENT EGYPT – Chronicles of an Empire tells the story behind this cult. Long before King Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt for the first time around 3100 BC, the people along the Nile are burying their dead in the desert sand. They observe that a corpse does not decompose and that the body is preserved. This observation is the basis for a cult of the dead that has lasted for thousands of years. It is based on the belief that eternal life in the hereafter is only possible via a preserved body in this world. The documentary traces the development and the embellishment of the cult of the dead. 00:00 Cult of the Dead 10:42 Osiris and the Egyptian Afterlife 20:23 The Science Of Mummies 29:36 The 70-Day Mummification Process 47:14 Tutankhamun’s Unusual Mummy -- Welcome to the official Get.factual youtube channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos. New uploads of full-length documentaries and docu-series every week! Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/GetfactualSUB The following assets were used for thumbnails design: Harry Burton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Tutankhamun%27s_mask%2C_Burton_photograph_P0744%2C_1922.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original Harry Burton (1879–1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Tutankhamun%27s_mask_without_beard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original Wide World, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Howard_Carter_opening_mummy_of_King_Tut_cph.3b08637.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original